…We set up a based lamp stack for a development server.…As we add functionality, it'd be good to have a homepage…for convenience instead of keeping track of a bunch of bookmarks.…In this chapter, we'll add some more utilities…and create a barebones dashboard to save us time.…The first utility we'll install is phpMyAdmin which is a free and…open-source PHP tool for working with MySQL databases using a web browser.…phpMyAdmin is useful for debugging database driven applications by writing…and performing queries, and also for managing databases and users.…

In a production environment, phpMyAdmin is…a liability especially if it's not properly…secured, as unauthorized users can have…an incredibly dangerous access to the database.…As this is a local development server, we don't have that security concern.…Let's get started.…From a terminal, I'm going to install phpMyAdmin using apt.…So, sudo apt-get -y…install phpmyadmin.…

As part of the configuration, we'll need to configure phpMyAdmin.…Please don't rush through this because if you skip a step, it will not work.…

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6/13/2014

Need a fast, powerful, and free development environment? Learn how to set up a virtual Linux web server on your Mac or Windows computer quickly—no additional formatting, dual booting, or hardware required. Author Jon Peck shows you how to set up a virtual machine with VirtualBox, download and install a Linux server, and then configure the additional LAMP stack elements: Apache, MySQL, and PHP. The course also describes how to create a database and users, install development tools like Xdebug, manage your source code with Git, and troubleshoot common installation and configuration issues.

The demonstrations are performed with the Ubuntu LTS distribution of Linux, but the skills taught here are also applicable to other Linux distributions. Every command is described in detail in context, and a comprehensive quick reference is provided for convenience.